In that last sentence I meant to say that a digitized copy of an
analog source, e.g. vinly LP is simply an inferior digital version.

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've never had an SACD, but it seems like technology is changing so
> fast it's hard to keep up without pouring $$$ down the drain,
> especially if the content is not there.  We buy and spend like we live
> forever, and both the stuff and us will last, but it doesn't.
>
> So here's a question.  Why when CD's first came out did almost every
> single one have a disclaimer that it might 'show up the faults of the
> original recording', when in reality it probably was not as good as
> the original... merely on the noise level?
>
> And one other ponderance.  Can a digital recording, regardless of the
> medium one is listening to, be as good as the analog recording?
> Several more... and a digital recording pressed to a vinyl record, can
> it be little more than a digital recording... and then of course an
> analog recording (as in LP), is no more than an inferior copy of the
> analog source.
>
> Tom
>
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Peter Loveday <pe...@loveday.org> wrote:
>>> The same factors apply to CDs.
>>>
>>> Audiophile CDs have much better sound quality than the ones you find in
>>> the discount bin at WalMart; especially some of the early CD issues of 60s &
>>> 70s LPs that were digitized straight from the old LP "master" tapes without
>>> any kind of re-mixing, re-mastering ... that's why there are re-issues (one
>>> reason anyway).
>>
>> Indeed.  There is a lot of quality variation in all formats.
>>
>> But its not like CDs are representative of state-of-the-art digital music
>> formats anyway,nor have been for a long time.  Even in consumer equipment,
>> it's been, what, 10 years since SACD/DVDA came on the scene?
>>
>> These suffer from exactly what you talk about though, too many are merely
>> upconversions of CD recordings, themselves often digitized from dodgey
>> analogue masters.
>>
>> But a well mastered SACD/DVDA is pretty damn impressive.  Just a shame
>> there's not more stuff being released on them, though its still probably
>> more than the amount of new stuff released on vinyl :(
>>
>> - Peter
>>
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